Creating a Simple Room for Interior Scenes – Part I (SE-CX)

by Rodrigo Duarte | May 9, 2014

This tutorial covers the creation of a room scene, seen from the inside. We will create a simple cubic room and will cut windows in the walls and define light sources. This first part deals with creating the room and adding a camera and a light inside the room. This...

Some polygon editing basics for beginners, Part 1

by Christopher Tyler | Feb 20, 2014

This polygon modeling tutorial is designed for people new to polygon modeling who want to better understand the nature of geometry construction. It covers the nature of polygons (triangles, quads, ngons) and their subcomponents (vertices, edges, fill), overlapping vs...

Quick Modeling of a Drill Bit

by Rodrigo Duarte | Oct 15, 2013

This tutorial shows how to model a quick drill bit using circles, conversion of objects into 2D Bézier regions, editing Bézier regions and the Skin tool. The idea is to create the groove of the bit by doing an indentation on a modified circle and then replicating the...

Projection Textures and the Local Z Axis (SE/CX)

by Christopher Tyler | Aug 5, 2013

This texturing tutorial for beginners shows how projected materials (cubic, cylindrical, spherical, planar, decal) are oriented to an object. This can help to understand why a material is behaving in a certain way, especially for cubic mapped materials. It was...

Whisk: Part 6 (texturing and rendering) (SE/CX)

by Christopher Tyler | Jul 26, 2013

This beginner/intermediate tutorial shows how to texture and render the whisk. It shows how to use luminous geometry, a spot light and how to use the Fresnel interpolator. The tutorial is done in Design 3D SE7, but can also be followed in CX. Return to project page...